Stalin's Desktop

[qoou]

Well I had a cheap compUSA case laying around that needed a desperate
redo, so I decided to do a mod.

Not knowing what theme I could use for it, I thought of a good one while
playing COD2. Why not make a soviet themed computer? They have been
around in almost every popular war game.

The first thing I want to do in my mod is get rid of the ugly blow hole side
of the case and make a window. Using measurements and a little trick
from Modders Inc. I drew out a window.

For cutting, I used a combination of the dremel and the jig saw.

Ouch!

For the side that does not have a window, i decided to have a golden
backlit hammer sickle. Cutting it out meant having to make a stencil in
photoshop.

Again using careful cutting and just a cutoff wheel this time I cut out a
hammer and sickle.

This is a rough sketch from sketch up.

The three ducts at the top will serve as blow holes for the koolance water cooling system im putting in.

i have a bunch of lexan in garage stored which im going to spray goldenrod yellow and backlight. thats what
im hoping to get done today.

as for three ducts on the top. im trying to get the look of a Nuke generator which were used alot by the
soviets. i was looking around modders inc and i like the way Defyant has been doing them.

This Defyants mod down here:

[The Great Destroyer]

hmm, you should try to slant the top and make it look like a soviet factory.

[AKA_RA]

just for future projects, i suggest making your cuts with the back of the panel facing you, that way you dont end up with the cutting disc going out of contorl making those little marks on the outside of your case. i had to learn that the hard way, heh.

[public_eyesore]

just for future projects, i suggest making your cuts with the back of the panel facing you, that way you dont end up with the cutting disc going out of contorl making those little marks on the outside of your case. i had to learn that the hard way, heh.

Awesome idea

[qoou]

thats a great idea! i never thought about. i could also turn it into a soviet war factory like from c&c ra 2.

[m4gnum]

I agree with Great Destroyer, that would be a great idea.

[The Great Destroyer]

another spur-of-the-moment idea: mount fans inside the case just below the stacks to blow air out, so they'll have some functionality to em too!

[GT40_GearHead]

ouu destroyer, read what man posted, he said he's goona use a koolance setup under the stacks, so they got preaty big functionality

[The Great Destroyer]

oh, sorry, musta missed that.

[GT40_GearHead]

dude put a gas nozel in each stack and make some flames
like the nos project